And there it is...

It's a race to see who can kiss his big fat ass the hardest.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

The Mt. Rushmore speech

Maybe it will be vaguely remembered as the worst Independence Day speech in American history. I’m betting it will be known as the “toe-tally-terry-tism” speech.

It was not simply his slurred speech (Trump also mangled the pronunciation of Ulysses Grant, as if he had never seen in print the first name of the Union general who clobbered the Confederate generals Trump still tries to venerate) that conveyed the impression there is something just not right with the 45th president. It was not merely Trump’s sweaty, oddly colored pallor; his squinting to read the teleprompter; or the uneven pacing of his reading, which at times threatened (promised?) to grind to a halt. No, it was the darkly aggressive and fascistic substance of his speech: positing that his enemies want to destroy America and eradicate its history.

This was a bookend (and, one hopes, the final chapter) speech to the “carnage” inauguration speech, which former president George W. Bush aptly called “some weird s---.” This one was even weirder.

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They want to silence us, but we will not be silenced.” I actually have no idea what he is talking about. It is all froth, anger and white resentment at this point. His enemies are other Americans; his understanding of American greatness is utterly defective. Reform, progress and inclusion are threats to his base, oozing with white grievance.

Somehow, in Trump’s view, the people who want to stop the veneration of traitorous white nationalists who took up arms against the United States harbor a “radical view of American history [that] is a web of lies.” [...] He had nothing to say about the victims of a pandemic he ignored and then mishandled.

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This surely was not designed to win back voters he desperately needs in November.

  WaPo

He doesn't think he lost them.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Dear God, this family

Where to begin?




...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Alternate facts

From The Guardian's front page 7/5:

https://tinyurl.com/y844vxsl
https://tinyurl.com/ybsye2dr

He should know the word

He got a little heavy with the makeup.  Looks like paint.

I can just picture him at his vanity with his air brush spraying away.

UPDATE:

And we the people paid for it!

Looks like he had an orgasm when he said the word "kill".

UPDATE:

Unwelcome

More than 100 treaty defenders and other protesters gathered on a highway leading to Mount Rushmore on Friday ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech at the monument.

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At one point, Native women in ribbon skirts created a line across the highway, behind them members of NDN Collective, a nonprofit Native advocacy organization, parked white vans across the road and deflated the tires. Protesters later removed the wheels and climbed on top of the vans, shouting "Land back!"

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Around 5 p.m. local time, law enforcement started telling defenders to vacate the area or face arrest, saying the blocking of traffic was an unlawful assembly. They directed them to head to a designated “free speech zone."

  Raw Story

My hackles go up every time I see that phrase. This is the fucking United States of America. The whole thing is supposed to be a free speech zone.

"We are renegotiating the free speech zone. We have reclaimed this road," said Nick Tilson, Oglala Lakota, of NDN Collective. "We don’t need them to give us permission to do this on our land; we intend to stay here indefinitely throughout the night."

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Some people began to disperse but later returned, as the vans continued blocking the road. Law enforcement then brought in tow trucks to haul them away.

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Some people began to disperse but later returned, as the vans continued blocking the road. Law enforcement then brought in tow trucks to haul them away.

After the vans were towed, a small group of treaty defenders continued blocking the highway, holding a large “#LandBack” banner.

At 7 p.m., police arrested them, using zipties to secure their hands behind their backs and leading them off the road. About 15 people were arrested.

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The Black Hills are part of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, and the country’s highest court ordered compensation in the millions of dollars to the Lakota for the illegal seizure of the Black Hills, an offer the Lakota have refused for decades. They instead want the Black Hills returned to tribal authority.

Ditto

Another desperate attempt to make Trump look presidential

Or maybe just to satisfy his need for attention and praise.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is working with the Trump administration on plans for a military flyover at Mount Rushmore during the president's visit to the national landmark July 3.

"We do anticipate there being a military flyover of some kind," said Ian Fury, communications director for Noem, Politico reported Wednesday.

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Officials at the Pentagon have started discussions about the flyover, but haven't moved into the planning stage yet, a defense official told Politico.

"At this point it's just direction from the [White House] on what they want to do," the official said.

  The Hill

After all, he's going to need something more than a scaled-down Independence Day parade in DC to sustain his ego.

Trump said last month that he would attend the first fireworks display at the monument in 11 years after lifting environmental restrictions preventing such displays.

You read that right. There are environmental restrictions intended to preserve the national monuments. He doesn't give a shit. His image needs bolstering. He needs campaign ad material.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.